Researcher
Marcel Eens
- Research Expertise:Evolutionary biological and Molecular ecological research. Field ecotoxicological and behavioural research in birds.
- Keywords:FISH ECOLOGY, EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY, FIELD ECOTOXICOLOGY, BIOACOUSTICS, BIOMONITORING, Biology
- Disciplines:Animal biology, General biology, Veterinary medicine
- Research techniques:- Description, analysis, and interpretation of behaviour - Bioacoustical analyses - Molecular-ecological analyses - Electrofishing techniques - Biomonitoring
- Users of research expertise:- Environmental and nature administration - Media
Affiliations
- Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology (Research group)
Responsible
From1 Oct 2003 → Today
Projects
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- Investigating the role of astronomical light pollution on acoustic and visual communication in nocturnal birds.From1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Mercury exposure, nutritional stress and their combined effect on the susceptibility to a viral disease, physiology, and parental care behaviour: an experimental approach in a wild, long-lived seabird.From1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Serotonergic modulation of the behavioral divergence in Pan: A hologenomics approach.From1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Bioavailability and toxicity of legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoralkylated substances (PFAS) in a terrestrial food chain: effects at different levels of biological organisation (BIOTOX-Terra)From1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Human biomonitoring study in the vicinity of 3M (Jongerenstudie HBM-3M)From1 Dec 2021 → 31 Mar 2023Funding: Department of Environment
- Unravelling the impact of astronomical light pollution on individual behaviour in a nocturnal bird.From1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- The female perspective of aggression in a free-living songbird: studying female competitive trait expression within a behavioural syndrome and life history framework.From1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Research in the Antwerp Primate Ethology & Evolution Lab.From1 Mar 2021 → 28 Feb 2022Funding: Other Flemish scientific institutions
- The gut-brain axis: investigating the gut microbiome and its influence on behavior in the bonobo (Pan paniscus).From1 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Unravelling the effects of mercury exposure on the physiological status, senescence, and susceptibility to viral diseases in a long-lived seabird.From1 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
Publications
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- Testosterone stimulates the expression of male-typical socio-sexual and song behaviors in female budgerigars (**Melopsittacus undulatus**)(2012)
Authors: Stefanie Lahaye, Marcel Eens, Veerle M. Darras, Annie Pinxten
Pages: 82 - 88 - Corticosterone, avoidance of novelty, risk-taking and aggression in a wild bird(2012)
Authors: Laszlo Garamszegi, Balázs Rosivall, Sophie Rettenbacher, Gábor Markó, Sándor Zsebők, Eszter Szöllősi, Marcel Eens, János Török
Pages: 621 - 635 - Measuring environmental stress in East Greenland polar bears, 1892-1927 and 1988-2009(2012)
Authors: T.Ø. Bechshøft, F.F. Rigét, C. Sonne, Igor Eulaers, Veerle Jaspers, Marcel Eens, Adrian Covaci, et al.
Pages: 15 - 21 - A review on the usefulness of feathers as a biomonitor for different classes of pollutants, with a special focus on the influence of external contamination(2012)
Authors: Veerle Jaspers, Marcel Eens
Pages: 44 - 49 - Pre- and postnatal environmental effects as potential sources of variation in neophobic behaviour in canaries(2012)
Authors: Jonas Vergauwen, Marcel Eens, Wendt Müller
Pages: 849 - 867 - Are low-frequency songs sexually selected, and do they lose their potency in male-female interactions under noisy conditions?(2012)
Authors: Marcel Eens, Hector Fabio Rivera Gutierrez, Annie Pinxten
Pages: E208 - Migratory constraints on yolk precursors limit yolk androgen deposition and underlie a brood reduction strategy in rockhopper penguins(2012)
Authors: Glenn T. Crossin, Maud Poisbleau, Laurent Demongin, Olivier Chastel, Tony D. Williams, Marcel Eens, Petra Quillfeldt
Pages: 1055 - 1058 - Food conditions affect yolk testosterone deposition but not incubation attendance(2012)
Authors: Jonas Vergauwen, Vivian C. Goerlich, Ton G.G. Groothuis, Marcel Eens, Wendt Müller
Pages: 112 - 119 - Penguin chicks benefit from elevated yolk androgen levels under sibling competition(2012)
Authors: Maud Poisbleau, Wendt Müller, David Carslake, Laurent Demongin, Ton G.G. Groothuis, Jeff Van Camp, Marcel Eens
- Non-breeding song rate reflects nutritional condition rather than body condition(2012)
Authors: Alain Van Hout, Annie Pinxten, Ann Geens, Marcel Eens
Linked dataset
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- Data from: Group-level variation in co-feeding tolerance between two sanctuary-housed communities of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) (Creator)
- Data from: Variable and consistent traffic noise negatively affect the sleep behavior of a free-living songbird (Creator)
- Glucocorticoids link forest type to local abundance in tropical birds (Creator)
- Data from: Early-life exposure to artificial light at night elevates physiological stress in free-living songbirds (Creator)
- Pathways linking female personality with reproductive success are trait and year-specific (Creator)
- Dataset Disruptive effects of light pollution on sleep in free-living birds: season and/or light intensity-dependent? (Creator)